Surat Lignite Power Plant

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Surat Lignite Power Plant is an operating power station of at least 500-megawatts (MW) in Nani Naroli Tal, Mangrol, Surat, Gujarat, India with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Surat Lignite Power Plant Nani Naroli Tal, Mangrol, Surat, Gujarat, India 21.47087, 73.1484028 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 5, Unit 6: 21.47087, 73.1484028
  • Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4: 21.397304, 73.106993

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating coal - lignite 125 subcritical 2000
Unit 2 operating coal - lignite 125 subcritical 1999
Unit 3 operating coal - lignite 125 subcritical 2010
Unit 4 operating coal - lignite 125 subcritical 2010
Unit 5 cancelled coal - lignite 300 subcritical
Unit 6 cancelled coal - lignite 300 subcritical

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (GIPCL)
Unit 2 Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (GIPCL)
Unit 3 Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (GIPCL)
Unit 4 Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (GIPCL)
Unit 5 Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (GIPCL)
Unit 6 Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (GIPCL)

Project-level coal details

  • Permit(s): Terms of Reference: 2012-10-29; Environmental Impact Assessment

Financing

Source of financing:

Background

The first two units were commissioned in 2000 and 1999, and is listed as using lignite coal from a captive mine - either the company's Mangrol Mines or Vastan Mines in Gujarat.[1][2]

2010 Expansion

Gujarat Industries added an additional third and fourth unit of a combined 250 megawatts (MW) to the power station in 2010, for use with lignite coal from a captive mine.[3][4]

Further expansion under consideration

On its website (February 2012) the company states that the government of Gujarat "has consented to allot 500 MW Expansion Phase-3 also to Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited and the Site Selection, Environmental Clearance, and Engineering Activities by consultants for the same are in progress."[5] An EIA was submitted in April 2013.[6][7]

However, as of December 2017 environmental clearance has not been granted, and the project appears to be abandoned.

Articles and Resources

References

  1. "SLPP Station-I (Unit 1 & 2)," Gujarat Industries, accessed February 2012.
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  3. "List of major power projects to be commissioned from 2010 to 2012," Industry Monitor, last edited May 20, 2010.
  4. "SLPP Station-I (Unit 3 & 4)," Gujarat Industries, accessed February 2012.
  5. Torrent Power, "Company Profile", Gujarat Industries Power Company website, accessed February 2012.
  6. Environmental Impact Assessment for units 5 and 6, Gujarat Industries, April 2013
  7. "Expansion by addition of 2x300 MW SLPP (Station–III) Power Project (Unit 5 & 6) at Village Nani Naroli by M/s Gujarat Industries," Minutes of the 20th EAC meeting, 28-29 August, 2014

Additional data

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